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Pentagon November 25, 2020

Pentagon innovates new weapons to 'fight through' next-gen cyberattacks

The flight trajectory of ICBMs, targeting accuracy of an Abrams tank 120mm cannon, sharing of enemy location intelligence in real-time or the decreasing of critical sensor-to-shooter times for small arms, missile attacks, bomber strikes and other weapons systems … increasingly rely … on computer systems. 

Pentagon November 18, 2020

Pentagon pursues 'hack proof' fighter jets and armored war vehicles

What if an armored combat vehicle was rapidly moving to enemy contact through rigorous terrain while facing enemy fire, when its navigational and targeting systems were suddenly given false, wrong or misleading information ... thus derailing the mission?

Armed Forces November 12, 2020

New Army weapons program ground-fires Navy Tomahawk, SM-6

It can loiter over targets while sending back video through a two-way data link. It can destroy targets from ranges out to 900 miles. And now, it can adjust course in flight to destroy moving targets … the Tomahawk missile, often the first weapon to strike in combat, will now be fired as a land weapon.

Veterans November 11, 2020

National museum dedicated to Army debuts on Veterans Day

A sword from the defense of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812. A stopped wristwatch recovered from the wrecked E-Ring of the Pentagon on the Sept. 11 attacks. The Sherman tank that first broke through enemy lines at the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.

US Army November 11, 2020

Army finds new way to win close-in fight

If an enemy fighter was several hundred yards away, another was attacking from one mile away, while yet a third fired from a nearby room in a close-quarters urban warfare circumstance, how would U.S. Army soldiers apprehend, integrate and quickly map the locations of multiple targets at once in 3D, all while knowing the range and distance of the enemy forces?

OPINION November 11, 2020

Vice President Pence: Veterans Day is a time to thank and appreciate heroes who have preserved our liberty

Every veteran of the armed forces of the United States is a hero to the American people. On Veterans Day, it’s our duty to tell the story of what they did for us, what they did for our country, and all that they’ve done to ensure the survival and the success of liberty.

US Army November 9, 2020

Pentagon launches smaller satellites to counter enemy anti-satellite attacks

Tiny satellites are much harder to detect and shoot down. They are also much more effective at both redundancy and disaggregation strategies during a space war, particularly if operated with a technical effectiveness equivalent to a larger system. 

Texas November 6, 2020

Fort Hood soldier charged in murder of woman found at Texas hotel

A Fort Hood soldier has been charged with murdering a woman whose body was found in a Texas hotel last summer, police said.

Armed Forces November 6, 2020

New sensors can find source of attacking RPG, anti-tank missile fire

When an enemy Anti-Tank Guided Missile is fired at a column of U.S. Army armored vehicles, endangering infantry carriers, tactical vehicles and even tanks, there can be few defenses unless the source of incoming fire can be quickly detected.

Armed Forces October 29, 2020

The 1980s-era Abrams tank lives on with new weapons

It may have the same basic external configuration, weight and 120mm cannon, but today’s Abrams tank is, simply put, far more lethal than ever before due to the addition of sensors, ammunition, armor, EW (Electronic Warfare) and new weapons.

Armed Forces October 27, 2020

Army fires tank-killing robots armed with Javelin missiles

The U.S. Army will soon operate robots able to destroy enemy armored vehicles with anti-tank missiles, surveil warzones under heavy enemy fire and beam back identified targeting details in seconds due to rapid progress with several new armed robot programs.